Update 18.01.2019: This article is now out of date. Facebook has changed how you download your data. Read this updated article instead. In these days where Facebook is rocked by the Cambrigde Analytica scandal, more and more people are starting to wake up and reliase how much personal information they are actually giving Facebook. Especially…
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Security on Facebook #2: Deny Facebook Access to Your Phone
Lately there have been more and more focus on exactly what the Facebook and Messenger apps are doing on your phone. And the revelations have been quite an eye opener for a lot of people. There is no logical reason for Facebook reading your phone contacts list, your text messages or any other content on…
Security on Facebook #1: Clean Up Your Apps
In the following days I will post a series of postings showing you how to secure your Facebook account in the best possible way. Each tip will take you less than two minutes to follow. I’m sure you have used Facebook to log in to apps an web sites. I am also sure you have…
What Happens to Your Facebook Profile When You Die?
Some of my real life and Facebook friends, as well as relatives of them, have died. A while after their funeral, you suddenly see that Facebook is telling you that it’s the dead person’s birthday. And then a lot of people who don’t know that this person has passed on are posting birthday greetings. It’s…
How to Use Facebook as a Blog
Have you ever read a blog posting from a someone, with photos and a nice summary of something they’ve experienced? Or read something that they wanted to share or discuss? And then thought: “Gee, I want to to that.” But then you’ve realised that you don’t want all the hassle of setting up a blog,…
Here is How You Block Nametests
UPDATE 08.12.2018: This no longer works. There’s another way you have to do this now. I will create a blog posting about that soon. Since my last posting about what Nametest (and such quizzes and tests) do to the profile of your friends, I’ve gotten a lot of private messages asking me how to block…
This is Why You Shouldn’t Find Out What You Would Look Like as a Movie Star
In the past two weeks a lot of my Facebook contacts have been posting this “What Would I Look Like as a Movie star” results from a test taken via the Nametests app. DO NOT TAKE THESE TESTS! Consider this. A person says the following to you: “Give me access to all your personal information,…
You Can Just Ignore These Facebook Postings With a Clear Conscience
There are two types of status postings you can just ignore, even if they try to tell you that you are a bad person for not sharing them. I bet 5 of my friends won’t… I’m sure you’ve seen these lots of times. One of your friends has copied the text of a status update…
How to See All Notifications on Facebook
UPDATE: I’ve been told that on a lot of mobile apps, what I’ve described here is still not happening. I think it will eventually happen, it’s just that the change isn’t rolled out yet for you. However, the See All-link is not present in the mobile app if the change hasn’t been rolled out for…
Hide Postings from Selected People on Facebook
Aren’t there times when you where you are itching to post a scatching status posting about something or someone? But you can’t do it, because you don’t want any persons involved to read your posting. Luckily Facebook has a function not many people know about that lets you do just that: Post something and then…